Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

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Annandale-on-Hudson is a hamlet in Dutchess County, New York, USA, in the Hudson Valley in the Town of Red Hook, across the Hudson River from Kingston.

The town takes its name from an estate donated by John Bard and his wife to Columbia University so that a college could be formed there. Today, Bard College stands on the land that John Bard donated. Bard College houses the only post office for Annandale-on-Hudson's ZIP code, 12504.

The area is immortalized in Steely Dan's 1973 song "My Old School".

It is the hometown of the X-Men member Jean Grey and her family in the fictional Marvel Universe.

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